The Hong Kong actor Maggie Cheung remarked in an interview “The Chinese don’t accord much importance to things of the past, whether it’s films, heritage, or even clothes or furniture. In Asia nothing is preserved, turning towards the past is regarded as stupid, aberrant.” A sweeping statement but one that […]
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Colombians abroad demand to be allowed to return home
A group of citizens, living in different parts of the world, have signed a letter demanding the Colombian government allow them to return to their country, since they have been trapped abroad for two months. The letter is addressed to President Iván Duque, whose measures to facilitate the return […]
Memories of my grandma
My grandma was the condensation of the zeitgeist in personal form. Certainly, in Lancashire, the cotton industry was concretised physically through the textile factories dominating the Irwell valley. Steve Latham The chimneys of Blake’s ‘dark satanic mills’, Lowry’s grey-brown townscapes peopled with ‘match men and matchstick cats and […]
Coronavirus: Latin American immigrants are not alone
According to the report Towards Visibility, in 2016 some 250,000 Latin Americans were living in the United Kingdom, of whom 145,000 lived in London. A high percentage had dual nationality and European citizenship. This figure has increased dramatically but the problems tend to remain the same. With the pandemic, the situation […]
Unions, class and power
Starting on 18th May, an online course will focus on these three topics, covering aspects such as the organisation of the working class, its role in the globalised economic system and its impact on political transformations. Nicolas Romero García Over and above the adverse impact of Covid-19 on […]
















